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Lone Star Muslims: Transnational Lives and the South Asian Experience in Texas by Ahmed Afzal 9781479844807
RRP: £24.99£21.67Lone Star Muslims offers an engaging and insightful look at contemporary Muslim American life in Texas. It illuminates the dynamics of the Pakistani Muslim community in Houston, a city with one of the largest Muslim populations in the south and... -
The Perfect Relationship: The Guru and the Disciple by Swami Muktananda 9780911307764
RRP: £19.95£13.76The inner dynamics of the author's personal Guru-disciple relationship are described through references to scripture, the poetry of saints, and his own relationship with Guru Bhagawan Nityananda.About the AuthorSwami Muktananda introduced the Siddha Yoga... -
Religious Experience and Mysticism: Otherness as Experience of Transcendence by Jose C. Nieto 9780761807650
£93.12Drawing from sacred scriptures, world religions, literature, philosophy and psychology, this monograph explores them as universal sources of religious experience and mysticism. It systematically establishes the similarities and differences between them... -
Anecdotes in the Varakari Kirtana Folk Tradition of Maharastra by Kasturi Dadhe 9783447067430
RRP: £87.00£82.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783447067430Author Kasturi DadheFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint HarrassowitzPublisher HarrassowitzWeight(grams) 6250g -
Heretics and Heresies in the Ancient Church and in Eastern Christianity: Studies in Honour of Adelbert Davids by Joseph Verheyden 9789042924864
RRP: £75.00£70.87This volume in honour of Adelbert Davids, professor emeritus of Patristic studies at the Faculty of Theology of the Radboud University Nijmegen and former editor-in-chief of The Journal of Eastern Christian Studies, was first published in that same... -
A Bibliography of Syriac Ascetic and Mystical Literature by G. Kessel 9789042924574
RRP: £61.00£56.41This book offers a complete bibliographical presentation of Syriac authors and texts in the domain of Syriac asceticism and mysticism. It also includes Greek texts that were translated into Syriac and profoundly influenced the spiritual life of... -
Orthodox Christianity and Human Rights by Alfons Bruning 9789042925083
RRP: £71.00£68.43Orthodox theology and the Orthodox Churches had, and continue to have an ambiguous relationship towards the concept of Human Rights: principal approval often stands alongside serious criticism. This is especially true for those Orthodox Churches which... -
Aesthetics as a Religious Factor in Eastern and Western Christianity: Selected Papers of the International Conference Held at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, in June 2004 by William Van Den Bercken 9789042916821
£78.53This volume contains selected papers of a conference in 2004 at Utrecht University on aesthetics as a religious factor in Eastern and Western Christianity. They discuss the role of aesthetics in the presentation and expression of Christian faith in... -
Towards a Jewish-Christian-Muslim Theology David B. Burrell (University of Notre Dame, USA) 9780470657553
RRP: £34.95£30.83Towards a Jewish-Christian-Muslim Theology delineates the ways that Christianity, Islam, and the Jewish tradition have moved towards each another over the centuries and points to new pathways for contemporary theological work. Explores the development... -
Lone Star Muslims: Transnational Lives and the South Asian Experience in Texas by Ahmed Afzal 9781479855346
RRP: £74.00£64.45Lone Star Muslims offers an engaging and insightful look at contemporary Muslim American life in Texas. It illuminates the dynamics of the Pakistani Muslim community in Houston, a city with one of the largest Muslim populations in the south and... -
Confucius and Confucianism: The Essentials by Lee Dian Rainey 9781405188418
RRP: £80.95£70.42This comprehensive introduction explores the life and teachings ofConfucius, and development of Confucian thought, from ancient timesto the present today. * Demonstrates the wisdom and enduring relevance ofConfucius s teachings drawing parallels between... -
World Religions in Practice: A Comparative Introduction by Paul Gwynne 9781405167024
RRP: £90.95£79.33World Religions in Practice introduces five of the world's great religions - Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - and explores how they are lived and expressed in custom, ritual, and symbol. A major new textbook exploring the world's... -
Introducing Contemplative Studies by Louis Komjathy 9781119156697
RRP: £70.95£61.59The first book-length introduction to an exciting new interdisciplinary field written by an internationally recognized leader of the Contemplative Studies movement This is the first book-length introduction to a growing and influential interdisciplinary... -
Asian Religions: A Cultural Perspective by Randall Nadeau 9781118471975
RRP: £74.95£65.32This lively introduction offers a complete overview of the main Asian religions, their traditions and contemporary relevance, and how they are lived and practiced today. * Provides readers with an all-embracing introduction to Asian religions, covering... -
Buddha, Jesus and Muhammad: A Comparative Study by Paul Gwynne 9781118465516
RRP: £72.95£65.72This cool, clear-sighted comparative study has no theological axe to grind. It offers a trusty thematic guide to the figureheads of three of the largest religions in the world. * The comparative approach is descriptive and even-handed, highlighting both... -
Japanese Religions at Home and Abroad: Anthropological Perspectives by Hirochika Nakamaki 9780700716173
RRP: £135.00£117.28In this important book, a leading authority on Japanese religions brings together for the first time in English his extensive work on the subject. The book is important both for what it reveals about Japanese religions, and also because it demonstrates... -
Hero Myths: A Reader by Robert A. Segal 9780631215141
RRP: £112.95£100.18This Reader collects 25 stories of heroes of all kinds from around the world. Included are both non-Western and Western, female and male, modern and ancient, young and adult, lowly and noble, comic and tragic, national and universal, and historical and... -
Asian Folk Religion and Cultural Interaction by Yoshihiro Nikaido 9783847104858
RRP: £61.99£50.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783847104858Author Yoshihiro NikaidoFormat HardbackPage Count 230Imprint V&R UnipressPublisher V&R UnipressWeight(grams) 0g -
Sacred Matters: Material Religion in South Asian Traditions by Tracy Pintchman 9781438459424
RRP: £25.51£22.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438459424Author Tracy PintchmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York Press -
The Dynamics of Cultural Counterpoint in Asian Studies by David Edward Jones 9781438451923
RRP: £25.51£22.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438451923Author David Edward JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 247Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
Incredible India -- Traditions & Rituals by Muthusamy Varadarajan 9788183280716
RRP: £19.95£13.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788183280716Author Muthusamy VaradarajanFormat HardbackPage Count 104Imprint Wisdom TreePublisher Wisdom TreeWeight(grams) 774g -
Alan Watts–Here and Now: Contributions to Psychology, Philosophy, and Religion by Peter J. Columbus 9781438441993
RRP: £72.27£63.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438441993Author Peter J. ColumbusFormat HardbackPage Count 263Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
Material Culture and Asian Religions: Text, Image, Object by Benjamin Fleming 9781138546141
RRP: £45.99£40.53Traditionally, research on the history of Asian religions has been marked by a bias for literary evidence, privileging canonical texts penned in 'classical' languages. Not only has a focus on literary evidence shaped the dominant narratives about the... -
The Bhakti Movement: Renaissance or Revivalism? by P. Govinda Pillai 9781032364711
RRP: £125.00£107.86This is a Comprehensive Survey of the Bhakti Movement as it sprang in South India to spread across the subcontinent in independent and multifarious manifestations yet marked with amazing commonalities. Spanning a period of 11 centuries starting from the... -
Refiguring the Body: Embodiment in South Asian Religions by Barbara A. Holdrege
RRP: £72.27£63.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438463155Author Barbara A. HoldregeFormat HardbackPage Count 376Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York Press -
The Road To Enlightenment: Finding the Way Through Yoga Teachings and Meditation by Yogmata Keiko Aikawa
RRP: £14.99£8.36In The Road to Enlightenment, Yogmata Keiko Aikawa shares her own experiences and the wisdom she's gained from her 45-year study of yoga, meditation and healing arts. Her hope is that readers will find answers to their questions about how to live a true... -
The Center Of The Sunlit Sky by Karl Brunnholzl
RRP: £70.00£47.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559392181Author Karl BrunnholzlFormat HardbackPage Count 984Imprint Snow Lion PublicationsPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)... -
Kazakh Traditions of China by Awelkhan Hali
£67.02This book provides a window to the life and culture of the Kazakh people who live in China. The work summarizes Kazakh political history, social organization, ethnographical aspects of nomadism, linguistics, and Chinese national policy. To this array of... -
Conversion, Identity, and Power: The Impact of Christianity on Power Relationships and Social Exchanges by Sue A. Russell
£85.04Conversion, Identity, and Power examines how the introduction of the church as a new social institution affects social exchanges, power relationships, and social identity in the Tagal communities. A. Sue Russell uses resources, control of resources, and... -
World of Worldly Gods: The Persistence and Transformation of Shamanic Bon in Buddhist Bhutan by Kelzang T. Tashi
RRP: £54.00£48.83In World of Worldly Gods, Kelzang T. Tashi offers the first comprehensive examination of the tenacity of Shamanic Bon practices, as they are lived and contested in the presence of an invalidating force: Buddhism. Through a rich ethnography of Goleng and... -
Path to Inner Peace, The: Mastering Karma Subhash Jain 9781803410203
RRP: £11.99£10.15This book presents the fundamental principles of the Jain karma doctrine through a fictional account of the relationship between a guru and his American student. As the story unfolds, the guru instructs the student on how 'karmic debt' is incurred as the... -
Religious Experience and Mysticism: Otherness as Experience of Transcendence by Jose C. Nieto
£78.87Drawing from sacred scriptures, world religions, literature, philosophy and psychology, this monograph explores them as universal sources of religious experience and mysticism. It systematically establishes the similarities and differences between them... -
Understanding the Religions of the World: An Introduction by Willoughby H. Deming
RRP: £81.95£72.27Understanding the Religions of the World offers a new approach to the study of religion which moves away from the purely descriptive and instead helps students understand how religions actually work . Covering all the main faith traditions, it combines... -
Logic in a Popular Form: Essays on Popular Religion in Bengal by Sumanta Banerjee
RRP: £25.00£23.94Taking its title from Karl Marx's description of religion as the world's "logic in a popular form," this book explores the hidden logic behind popular religions in nineteenth-century Bengal. Sumanta Banerjee examines cross-religious cults and... -
Media and New Religions in Japan Erica Baffelli 9781138548794
RRP: £45.99£41.60The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781135117849, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivative 4.0 license.Japanese "new religions" (shinshukyo) have used various... -
Confucius and Confucianism: The Essentials Lee Dian Rainey (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada) 9781405188401
RRP: £32.95£29.14This comprehensive introduction explores the life and teachings of Confucius, and development of Confucian thought, from ancient times to the present today. Demonstrates the wisdom and enduring relevance of Confucius's teachings - drawing parallels... -
Deconstruction and the Ethical in Asian Thought Youru Wang 9780415502016
RRP: £43.99£38.44The striking parallels between Derrida's deconstruction and certain strategies eschewing oppositional hierarchies in Asian thought, especially in Buddhism and Daoism, have attracted much attention from scholars of both Western and Asian philosophy. This... -
Spirited Women: Gender, Religion, and Cultural Identity in the Nepal Himalaya by Joanne C. Watkins
RRP: £32.00£24.76This is the study of a small group of Tibetan Buddhists called the Nyishangba who have maintained an egalitarian culture, where women own land and have equal rights, including in social and religious institutions, and where the usual subordination of... -
Stalk Divination: A Newly Discovered Alternative to the I Ching by C. A. Cook
RRP: £83.00£75.34This book presents for the first time a full translation and analysis of a newly discovered bamboo divination manual from the fourth century BCE China, called the Stalk Divination Method (Shifa). It was used as an alternative to the better-known Zhouyi... -
Asian Religions: A Cultural Perspective Randall L. Nadeau (Trinity University, USA) 9781118471968
RRP: £21.95£19.32ASIAN RELIGIONS "A unique introduction to Asian religions, combining the scholarly rigor of an established historian of Asian religions with the willingness to engage empathetically with the traditions and to suggest that readers do the same."Joseph A...